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they are good for those who suffer from dysentery. The infusion may be taken- 

 on an empty stomach or after meals. Those who make use of it should be careful 

 of their diet. This plant grows in the fields, on the mountains, or even in the 

 patios of the houses." 



5. Montanoa seleriana Robins. & Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. 34: 510. 1899, 

 Known only from the type locality, Tuxtla, Chiapas. 



Leaves rhombic-ovate or lanceolate, 5 to 10 cm. long, cuneate at base, serrulate 

 or subentire, scabrous above, tomentose beneath, at length subglabrate; panicles 

 10 cm. wide. (Description compiled.) 



6. Montanoa microcephala Schultz Bip.; C. Koch, Wochenschr. Gartn. 7: 



406. 1864. 



Eriocoma microcephala Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PL 1: 336. 1891. 



Known only from the type locality, Ejutla, Oaxaca. 



Rusty-tomentose; leaves elUptic-lanceolate, 6 cm. long, acute at each end, 

 serrate, scabrous above, densely tomentose beneath; heads very small and 

 numerous. (Description compiled.) 



7. Montanoa myriocephala Robins. & Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. 34: 511. 



1899. 



Jalisco and Puebla to Chiapas; type from Chapala, Jalisco. 



Branches sordidly pilose-tomentose, glabrate; leaf blades rhombic-ovate in 

 outUne, 7 to 13 cm. long, 3 to 8 cm. wide, 3 or 5-lobed with short blunt lateral 

 lobes, cuneately decurrent on the upper part of the petiole, scabrous above, 

 more or less tomentose beneath; heads numerous. 



8. Montanoa xanthiifolia Schultz Bip.; C. Koch, Wochenschr. Gartn. 7: 406. 



1864. 



Eriocoma xanthiifolia Kuntze, Rev. Gen. PI. 1: 336. 1891. 



"Chacalepa Estate, Mexico" (type locality). Costa Rica. 



Similar to M. myriocephala; leaf blades 3-lobed, 12 cm. long, 9 cm. wide, 

 cuneately narrowed into the rusty-tomentose petiole, very scabrous above, the 

 lobes ovate or triangular, acute to caudate-acuminate. (Description compiled.) 



9. Montanoa palmeri Fernald, Proc. Amer. Acad. 33: 93. 1897. 

 Known only from the type locality, Acapulco, Guerrero. 



Shrub 2.5 meters high, soon glabrate; leaf blades rhombic-ovate, 10 to 14 

 cm. long, 7 to 8 cm. wide, the larger angulate-lobed near middle, caudate-acumi- 

 nate, crenulate, rough above, pubescent beneath; flowers with fragrance suggesting 

 that of apple blossoms. 



10. Montanoa rosei Robins. & Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. 32: 45. 1896. 

 Known only from the vicinity of the type locality. Alamos, Sonora. 



Similar to M. -palmeri; leaf blades ovate or lance-ovate, 7 to 10 cm. long, 2 

 to 5 cm. wide, unlobed, serrate, rough and buUate above, pubescent and gland- 

 dotted beneath; heads verj' silky. 



11. Montanoa pringlei Robins. & Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. 34: 512. 1899. 

 Known only from the type locality, Tehuacdn, Puebla. 



Branchlets pulverulent-tomentose; leaves lanceolate or oblong-lanceolate, 4 to 

 8 cm. long, 1.5 to 3 cm. wide, acute, serrate, gradually narrowed into wings 

 decurrent nearly to base of petiole, green and scabrous above, canescent-to- 

 mentose beneath; heads 2 or 3 at ends of branches; rays 6 to 8 mm. long; pales 

 (in anthesis) attenuate, villous. (Description compiled.) 



12. Montanoa liebmannii (Schultz Bip.) Blake, Contr. Gray Herb. n. ser. 

 52: 37. 1917. 



Polymnia liebmannii Schultz Bip.; Klatt, Leopoldina 23: 89. 1887. 

 Montanoa macrolepis Robins. & Greenm. Proc. Amer. Acad. 32: 44. 1896. 



